Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-22

ord. The fight for slavery, the rebel
lion and its fearful losses, the course
of the copperheads in the North, the
riots in New York City. the Knights
of the Golden Circle in Indiana, the
fearful crimes of the Ku-Klux klans
the cheating General Grant out of thu
!. vote of New York in 1868, the Missis
sippi plan, the solid South, one mil
lion of legal voters deprived of theil
franchise wherever their votes woult
count, the election of Cleveland-it
was bloody shirt. But did any mar
answer this arraignment? Did state
one single thing as fact that was
not true? But some say, let by-gones
be by-gones. So be it. Certain ten
derfeet are afraid I might hurt some
ones feelings. That we should ban
ish this word "rebel from our vOcabu.
larry; that we should take the new
South with republicans white and
black, counted out and say nothieg.
We must become accustomed to the
restoration OF the old regime as Crom-
wcll's roundheads became accustomed
to the court of King Charles. We
must surrender our captured flags to
the rebels who bore them. Our Grand
Army boys, now bent and gray, must
march under the new flag of Grover
Cleveland, or not hold their campfires
in St. Louis. This is the new gospel
of democracy and mugwumpisn.
Let us then take the democratic
party as it is, revived, regenerated
and disenthralled, forgetful of the
past, and what does it promise of
hope or glory for the nation or the
state of Ohio in the future? What
claim has it on anybody in this law
abiding, patriotic community.
In relation to the tax and tariff
question, he said:
"While advocating this national policy
the republican party does not favor
the collection of taxes in excess of the
sums actually necessary to meet the
proper expenses of the government
and to comply with our obligations
on the public debt. The money of
the people should not be withdrawn
from the channels of circulation ex-
cept to meet proper national expend-
itures, and when collected it should
be paid out as rapidly as it's proper
application will admit. Whenever
the revenues are in excess of the pub
lie wants the taxes should be repealed
or modified. This duty has been fire.
quently performed by the republican
party. Since the close of the war tax
es have been repealed or RENTED
that would have yielded $3.50, 600, 900
year. The last reduction, in 1888.
was made by a republican congress
of more than s5O,OOO,OOO of yearly
revenue, unwisely in some particulars
but still a reduction of revenue.
And now again, under increased
importations, we have a surplus reve-
nue. of $50, 900, 900 or 100000, 900.
WHY DID NOT THIS ADMINISTRATION
perform this duty? They had control
of the house of representatives, the
emily body with power to originate a !
revenue bill. The senate could not act
first. They had the president, whose
duty it was to recommend such meas
ures of relief as he thought right.
How did the democratic party meet
this responsibility-the first and chief
responsibility that has fallen on them
for twenty-four years? By contentious
divisions and quarrels among them
selves. The controlling wing and
majority wished to make the reduction
in the line of the confederate consti-
tuition. They wished to repeal and
reduce the taxes that tended to pro-
mote and foster American industry.
They wished to make wool duty free,
and thus extinguish wool growing as
an industry in this country. They
wish free iron ore, so that the mining
of iron ore here would be superseded |
by the iron ores of Cuba, Spain and
Africa. They wish to disturb that
vast volume of healthful industries
that sprang up under the encourage